quid

Example Sentences

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Incredibly, as the New York Times reported in 2024, there was “never an official quid pro quo.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“It’s Easter, the Vatican is involved in pushing for humanitarian gestures on the part of Cuba as well as Trump. It looks like a humanitarian quid pro quo,” Kornbluh said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

District Judge Katherine Menendez, presiding over Minnesota’s request to end what locals officials have called a federal occupation, seemed to recognize the quid pro quo at play.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

"I'd be a billionaire if I had a quid for every person that recited that poem at their wedding," Clarke remarks.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2025

The most logical explanation is that the wrestlers made a quid pro quo agreement: you let me win today, when I really need the victory, and I’ll let you win the next time.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt